Robert Shimaingo is a 38 year old inventor who invented an ice plant and a moving power plant on the Kafue River. Robert lost his mother when he was a teenager and was left to take care of his younger siblings. Being used to inventing things, he took advantage of his skills and constructed A Rope-Braiding Machine. With this invention he managed to make enough money to support his family. He gradually improved the machine and the motorised version he now uses can produce 3, 000 meters of rope per day. His next project was constructing a floating Hydro-Power Plant. The idea to build it came to him when he saw the problems fishermen along the Kafue River experienced in getting fish to the market. “I saw how they were transporting big heavy blocks of ice up the river and often they melted before they reached their villages. With the Hydro-Power Plant they can connect a freezer and keep the fish frozen in order to get a better price at the market.” In 2013 the prestigious American universit
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